OOPS! I think my good intentions got lost somewhere along the way. I was sure I came in to post about our 4th of July celebration but it must have been one of those moments. You know the kind where you walk into a room but suddenly not sure why you are there. I was sure I came here but I think I must have dreamed it.
Well, now that I am here, I'll rewind the brain back to July 4th to tell you about our celebration. Melanie had to work and Zach was with his friends so it was just Michele, the grandkids and me but we did have fun. They came out that afternoon and we fired up the old grill that hadn't been used in a couple of years but we still had the gas and Michele is a great cook inside and outside. We had burgers and chicken kabobs and they were so good. I made up my potato salad and kidney bean salad and we had chips to snack on with dips but the best part was the homemade ice cream that we had for our desert. Mint Chocolate Chip. MMMMM, it was so good. I told Michele that we should make it again and we won't have to go to McDonald's for their Shamrock shake as we could make our own from this mix as it was that good.
The grandkids and me had to fire off some fireworks early in the afternoon. And seeing that I had bought a large 500 string of firecrackers that we intended to break apart but never could figure out where to break them so decided to light them so they all went off in the string. We were being kind of onery as we have a neighbor who doesn't care for fireworks and is a cranky old man--- the one we call whacko. Anyway it was for his benefit.
Well, after they all went off, a neighbor down the street fired some firecrackers off and yelled out, "We won." Not to be outdone, Hailey got the 50 shot Saturn missile out and after it had shot them off with reports and whistles, she calls out, "No, we won." It was all in good fun and kind of a competition for a while.
We didn't spend a lot on fireworks and after it got dark, we sat out in the south yard to light up the fountains and sky works. It wasn't the greatest but we had a few good ones and we were able to celebrate our nation's birthday just the same.
After we ate and before it got dark, we all gathered in the screened in porch and played a couple of games. That gave us a lot of laughter as well. Of course, I had strung all the lights plus we had a CD player and Brianna brought out some CD's. I think I was the only one who got up to dance, the rest were too bashful. LOL! But we still had a lot of fun with it.
We left Gretta and Foxy in the house to console one another since neither one of them like the loud sounds.
The party ended around 10:30 as it had been a long day and Michele had kind of overdone it and her back was hurting but it was a fun day and now we will be looking towards next year and hope that we can have Melanie and Zach with us.
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